The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
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... China : but even here he asserted , snapped , and contradicted as before . Heavens , thought I , this man pretends to know China , even better than myself ! I looked round to see who was on my side , but every eye was fixed in ...
... China : but even here he asserted , snapped , and contradicted as before . Heavens , thought I , this man pretends to know China , even better than myself ! I looked round to see who was on my side , but every eye was fixed in ...
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... China . THE HE shops of London are as well furnished as those of Pekin . Those of London have a picture hung at their door , informing the passengers what they have to sell , as those at Pekin have a board to assure the buyer , that ...
... China . THE HE shops of London are as well furnished as those of Pekin . Those of London have a picture hung at their door , informing the passengers what they have to sell , as those at Pekin have a board to assure the buyer , that ...
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... China . If the nobility , continues he , were to know I sold this to any under a Right Ho- nourable , I should certainly lose their custom ; you see , my Lord , it is at once rich , tasty , and quite the thing . I am no Lord ...
... China . If the nobility , continues he , were to know I sold this to any under a Right Ho- nourable , I should certainly lose their custom ; you see , my Lord , it is at once rich , tasty , and quite the thing . I am no Lord ...
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... Chinese laws with admiration . An or- der for the execution of a criminal is carried from court by slow journeys of six miles a day ; but a par- don is sent down with the most rapid dispatch . If five sons of the same father be guilty ...
... Chinese laws with admiration . An or- der for the execution of a criminal is carried from court by slow journeys of six miles a day ; but a par- don is sent down with the most rapid dispatch . If five sons of the same father be guilty ...
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... China ; what therefore can be expected from my knowledge of the sex in a country where they are universally allowed to be riddles , and I but a stran- ger ? To confess a truth , I was afraid to begin the de- scription , lest the sex ...
... China ; what therefore can be expected from my knowledge of the sex in a country where they are universally allowed to be riddles , and I but a stran- ger ? To confess a truth , I was afraid to begin the de- scription , lest the sex ...
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